reporter
French, noun/ʁə.pɔʁ.te/
reporter is a French feminine noun meaning “a news reporter; a journalist” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Journaliste d’information”.
What does reporter mean in English?
verb
- 1
to carry something back to where it was
- 2
to wear again
- 3
to transfer (an emotion)
reporter son amour sur quelqu'un
- 4
to put back; to put off; to postpone
Après avoir été reportées de nombreuses fois, les épreuves ont finalement eu lieu.
- 5
to carry or take back in time
Il faut se reporter au mois dernier pour comprendre.
- 6
to refer; to check
Pour mieux saisir le problème, on se reportera au chapitre 4.
- 7
to carry over or forward
Cet idiot avait oublié de reporter un 3!
noun
- 1
femininemasculinea news reporter; a journalist
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Rapporter une chose au lieu où elle était auparavant. 2. Porter de nouveau. 3. Transporter, placer dans un autre lieu. 4. Mettre sur un plan, à l’échelle, une mesure.
noun: 1. Journaliste d’information.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of reporter
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- reportant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- reporté participle past
- reporte first-person indicative present
- reportes indicative present second-person
- reportons first-person indicative plural
- reportez indicative plural present
- reportent indicative plural present
- reportais first-person imperfect indicative
- reportait imperfect indicative singular
- reportions first-person imperfect indicative
- reportiez imperfect indicative plural
- reportaient imperfect indicative plural
- reportai first-person historic indicative
- reportas historic indicative past
- reporta historic indicative past
- reportâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce reporter?
- /ʁə.pɔʁ.te/
- /ʁə.pɔʁ.tɛʁ/
- \ʁə.pɔʁ.te\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to reporter
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is reporter in French?
reporter appears 10 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).